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Tickets for $540 First-class Dinners Aboard Parked Airplane Sell Out at Tokyo Airport
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Tickets for $540 First-class Dinners Aboard Parked Airplane Sell Out at Tokyo Airport
All meals are served with endless glasses of wine or champagne.
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Louis Vuitton’s New Tokyo Flagship Store Is a Work of Art — and It Has a Chocolate Boutique
Feel the flow at this newly revamped store in Tokyo’s most dynamic district.
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Overseas Spectators Officially Not Allowed at This Year’s Olympics
This conclusion will further contribute to ensure safe and secure Games for all participants and the Japanese public.
Hotels & Resorts
5 Eco Bathroom Amenities You Definitely Want to Steal
From handmade locally to organic vegan, these green hotel toiletries come in recyclable or repurposed packages that’ll look great in your Dopp kit. Stealing has never felt so good.
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Japan’s Cherry Blossoms Are Expected to Bloom Earlier Than Usual This Year
Cherry blossoms are expected to bloom as early as March 15 in Tokyo.
Japan’s Gorgeous Deep North
With rigorous safety measures in place, the Shinkansen and Local train is a dreamy way to explore the sights of a snowy Tohoku Region.
The Best Places to See Cherry Blossoms in Japan’s Tohoku Region
Bring your camera and prepare to take lots and lots of photos.
Culture
Why You Should Plan Your Next Trip to Japan Around One of Its 72 Microseasons
Whether it’s when the irises open, the tomatoes are hung, the manatees migrate or the lobsters lose their shells — to everything there is a season. Japan might be the most poetic, but Adam H. Graham finds microseasons enrich your travels everywhere.
Hotels & Resorts
These Are the Top 500 Hotels in the World
The T+L 500 are the world’s best hotels in 2021, as voted by T+L’s discerning readers.
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Keep Calm and Try These Online Wellness Activities
These 5 renowned wellness brands are working out our kinks, imbuing Zen and keeping us fit, all from afar.
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Get Your Boho On in This Adorable Osaka Neighborhood
Boutiques, cafes and a sense of creative community percolate through the meandering alleyways of Nakazakicho in Osaka.
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8 AWESOME PRIVATE VILLAS FOR YOUR NEXT GROUP GETAWAY
We love our hotels, but #villalife is really something special. Get inspired for your next group trip with this round-up of killer villas across the region.
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8 of Asia’s Most ‘Bling Empire’ Valentine’s Days
We know travel restrictions mean you probably can’t avail of any of these offers. But here’s a bit of Valentine’s voyeurism into some of Asia’s most extravagant romantic experiences.
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Lucky 7 Valentine’s Dinners to Help You Get Lucky
If home is where the heart is, these restaurants around our region really set ours aflutter. Here are 7 of our favorite fine-dining spots that deliver Valentine’s Day to your door.
Inspiration
How to Plan an Epic Roadtrip Through Japan’s Tohoku Region
With dazzling sights to see and scenic roadways connecting the seven prefectures, this culturally rich region is the perfect place to go for a drive.
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Why We Wish Every Taxi Were an Udon Noodle Taxi
Could it get any more Japanese than driving around to a bunch of delicious noodle joints with a big bowl of fake noodles on your roof?
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Universal Studios Japan Just Launched a Virtual Tour of the New Super Nintendo World
Here’s your chance to see the magic before the park opens next month.
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These 6 Countries Will Pay You to Go On Vacation
Over the past few months, staycations and domestic travel have pushed round-the-world journeys off our agendas. Check out these deals that make it easier—and cheaper—to travel in your home country.
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Autumn Is the Perfect Time for the Whole Family to Discover Japan’s Tohoku Region
Natural splendor, cultural attractions galore, and plenty of fun for the whole family—there’s something for travelers of all ages in this vibrant region.
Experience Japan’s Winter Wonderland
With rigorous safety measures in place, the Shinkansen and Local train is a dreamy way to explore the sights of a snowy Tohoku Region.
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School Cafeterias in Japan Are Serving Top-quality Kobe Beef to Make Up for Low Restaurant Demand
“I’m gonna brag about it to my parents.”
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A Japanese Space Mission Has Brought a Piece of Asteroid Down to Earth
This is the second time a Japanese space capsule has captured asteroid material.
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These Trips to Nowhere Are More Than Flights of Fancy
From mile-high dating games to temple flybys, airlines are pooh-poohing Covid border closures with plane tickets that go roundtrip in a single flight.
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We’re dying to get our knives out in Japan
You could say the City of Blades was forged in the fire. Follow us to Gifu Prefecture to handcraft the home cook’s deadliest weapon.
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These Are the Most Expensive Cities to Live in During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Three cities are tied in the number one spot. Can you guess what they are?
Hotels & Resorts
How to Be a Swish Survivalist Without Needing to Hunt for Your Dinner. (Hint: Just Check In)
Want to cultivate life skills and still retire to your fluffy four-poster at night? Try the experiences at these luxury hotels.
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Back to Basics Tourism, Or How to Survive the Zombiepocalypse
If knowledge is power, then self-reliance is the new luxury. As the routines of our lives are upended, more of us are seeking to travel in ways that prepare us for whatever the world throws at us next. Here’s how to prep for the survivalist-tourism trend.
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Forget Fall Foliage. Hit Up Harvest Time in Japan
Only in Japan would a rustic country farmstay include a disco greenhouse. A quick hop from Tokyo takes you straight into this organic wonderland. Strawberries and sweet potato heaven.
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Japan is Reopening Its Borders From October 1st
Starting October 1, Japan is reopening its borders to all foreign nationals with long-term permits to stay or those visiting for shorter-term business trips.
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10/10 Recommend Astrotourism for Post-Pandemic Travel
These days, more travelers are gazing at the skies than taking to them in airplanes. Dark Sky Parks, telescope meetups and bioluminescent zones herald the dawn of Asia’s astrotourism.
Hotels & Resorts
Discover The Deep Side Of Osaka
Osaka is a place to find nourishment and healing in mind and body. Hotel Elcient is your home in this gateway.
Food & Drink
Durian Cream and Butter Cheese—5 Krispy Kreme Flavors Around Asia
When in doubt, donut it out.
Inspiration
The Essential Guide to Taking on Tokyo Like a Local
Enter your next Tokyo trip as an in-the-know local.
Inspiration
Catch the Best of Kyoto in Bloom
A whirlwind trip to Kyoto ponders the ancient, the new and the impermanent.
Tips & News
A Country-By-Country Guide to Coronavirus Recovery in Asia
Here’s when and where you might be able to travel again in Asia.
Hotels & Resorts
An Elegant Kyoto Experience – Relaxed Luxury With A Personal Touch
This new central Kyoto hotel is the embodiment of timeless Japanese harmony.
Inspiration
Go Ahead, Start Planning Your Next Trip to Japan
The emergency decree is ending and coronavirus cases in Japan are waning, so naturally we’ve started to plan our next trip.
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What Lockdown Looks Like for 10 People Around the Globe
Apart, but somehow not alone. Here’s what lockdown looks like for 10 people across the globe.
Inspiration
8 Off-The-Wall Family Trip Experiences
Mix things up on your next family trip with activities that get the imagination—and the adrenaline— flowing.
Hotels & Resorts
Hotels for Cool Kids
Family stays can be stylish too—these new and refurbished hotels, resorts and villas let you go glam with the fam.
Food & Drink
The T+L Guide to Japanese Wine
Japanese viticulture might seem new and strange, but Koshu grape-cultivation has been around for centuries. We take a tasting tour of a wine country you’ve probably never considered.
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Take a Virtual Tour of the Most Beautiful Cherry Blossoms Around the World
We may all be stuck indoors, but, thanks to Google Earth, we can still experience the dreamy pink trees from our couches.
Inspiration
Kyoto: Eat, Sleep, Repeat
A cheat sheet to the newest hotels and restaurants in the imperial city.
Culture
10 of the Most Colorful Places in Asia
Happier days are ahead! For now, virtually escape to these 10 cheerful places.
Food & Drink
These are the Most Absurdly Delicious Dishes We’ve Eaten Recently
Quarantining has the T+L staff daydreaming of many things (social interaction?) but especially these dishes.
Hotels & Resorts
Experience Next-Level Comfort with Oakwood
An alternative to mainstream hotels, serviced apartments offer more space, in-room facilities and privacy.
Culture
Here’s How to Gear Up for the Olympics in Tokyo
The best way to gear up for the Tokyo Olympics? Three days of intensive training in sport and culture. Just keep your gloves on.
Hotels & Resorts
This Luxe Tokyo Hotel Combines Culture with Modern-Day Style
New to Tokyo’s buzzing hotel scene, TRUNK(HOUSE) is a modern-day “salon”—an exclusive, residential-style hub for sophisticated travelers who appreciate culture and luxury.
Hotels & Resorts
Here’s Another Reason Why You Should Go to Hokkaido (As If You Really Needed Another)
Portom International Hokkaido is about to open up, and it’s the perfect, most luxurious base to explore Japan’s northern-most island.
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One of Japan’s Most Trusted Hospitality Experts Just Launched a New High-End Hotel Brand
You probably know JR Kyushu for their trains, but the group’s new hotel brand THE BLOSSOM is going to make waves in Japan’s hospitality industry.
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Take a breath of fresh air amid centuries-old life in timeless Kyoto
Don’t get us started on the zen of Japan’s ancient capital: from the towering trees to the handcrafted everything, the sense of tradition here slows the heart rate. Culinary-focused Park Hyatt Kyoto brings a new retreat— and sundry feasts— for all the senses.
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Wonderland on top of the world in ski paradise Hokkaido
With the famed ‘Niseko Express’ refreshing plentiful powder daily, Japan’s winter capital is on every downhiller’s list. Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono brings serene sophistication, exceptional dining experiences and their signature service to this resort town—which has plenty of summer draws, too.
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Where to go 2020
Twenty places to visit this year, including the majestic Hunza Valley, Bangkok for those with an appetite, and a new-look Kyoto.
Hotels & Resorts
Park Hyatt Kyoto
If it’s authenticity you seek in Japan’s ancient capital, a low-rise beauty wrapped around Kyoyamato, a kaiseki restaurant run by the same family since 1877, is where you want to lay your head.
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Trunk(House)
Matching traditional tatami floors, a genkan-style entryway and a hinoki-wood bathtub with Charles Eames furnishings and Noguchi lights, this one-room boutique stay is a designer’s daydream.
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Textura
Spain meets Sichuan in Tokyo’s central business district, where chef Hirofumi Saito opened Textura earlier this year.
Food & Drink
Sushi Shin by Miyakawa
The first Tokyo outpost of Hokkaido’s Michelin three-starred Sushi Miyakawa has touched down in the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo.
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Hotel Okura Tokyo
After a three-year, 110-billion-yen renovation, Tokyo’s grandest of dames is back looking as elegant as ever before—intentionally.
Food & Drink
This Is How To Eat Your Way Through Osaka
How can you not love a city where they revere their culinary traditions high and low as much as they warmly welcome visitors from near and far? Stephanie Zubiri makes a whirlwind gustatory visit to Osaka that takes in a temple to world-famous Japanese beef and a bar themed on cannel mackerel.
Hotels & Resorts
The New Aman in Kyoto is Just as Serene as You’d Expect
Set in old forest amid history-laden north Kyoto, a new Aman wants you to do little more than wander, contemplate and explore both its own vast grounds and the neighborhood it calls home.
Food & Drink
We Went to Japan For A Citrus-Focused Tour
Squeezed into whisky or steeped in a bath— Japanese citrus works its magic on us.
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Japan’s Sado Island Is a Trip Back to the Country’s Golden Age
Off the west coast of Japan, Adam H. Graham visits Sado Island seeking an immersion in the nation’s golden age, and discovers a shingle-roofed, pine-ridged, Midcentury time capsule.
Food & Drink
Change is Brewing: The Women Who Are Transforming Asia’s Craft Beer Industry
Craft beer isn’t the sole domain of men anymore. Across Asia, trailblazing female brewers are transforming the industry.
Inspiration
Shopping in Tokyo with Fashion Designer Tomo Koizumi
Fashion designer Tomo Koizumi pauses from his breakout year to share some of his favorite places to shop in the Japanese capital, stops that inspire him every day.
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3 Reasons to Travel in August
T+L’s monthly selection of trip-worthy places, experiences and events.
Food & Drink
ANGLO JAPANESE BEER (ABJ)
Co-founder Livesey and company take a traditional German gose (a salty/sour beer) and mix in sake ingredients and local peach to create a distinctly Japanese beer rooted in German traditions.
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6 Craft Breweries in Asia Worth Checking Out
Asia’s craft suds scene keeps getting better. Craig Sauers checks in with six exciting breweries using local flavors and ingredients to push beer boundaries.
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Winter Warmers in Hokkaido
Japan’s most northerly island isn’t just for thrill-seekers. Julian Ryall bypasses the ski slopes for three distinct tastes of the prefecture’s best booze.
Hotels & Resorts
Shishi-Iwa House in Nagano is an Architecture Buff’s Dream
On the way to Nagano and far from the metropolis that is Tokyo, there’s a new address that’s meant to stir your creative juices. At the very least, it will calm your day.
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Bella Vista Spa and Marina Hotel Onomichi
From the owners of Setouchi Seaplanes and luxury cruise ship Guntû, this superbly located resort overlooking the Seto Sea regales its guests with the wonders of the great outdoors.
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Marriott Moxy Honmachi, Osaka
Marriott hits a millennial home run with this new 155-room Moxy property, which opened last year. The hotel occupies a former 11-story undergarment warehouse in Osaka’s shabby-chic Honmachi district, minutes away from the station and chock-a-block with izakaya and kushikatsu joints.
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Fufu Kawaguchiko
Opened last autumn, this elegant 32-room newcomer overlooks Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture, just two hours from Tokyo.
Hotels & Resorts
These 6 Design Hotels Are Millennial-Approved
Low-budget, high-design, next-gen hotels have begun to sweep Asia, an on-trend fit for digital nomads, flashpackers and aesthetes alike.
Food & Drink
Inside Tokyo’s Hidden Restaurants
It takes an expert to find some of Tokyo’s finest restaurants, which is why we asked photographer Shinsuke Matsukawa to take us on a visual tour of covert izakayas and tempura speakeasies.
Hotels & Resorts
The 6 Best Hotels to Celebrate A Special Occasion
From a former royal guesthouse to a room with sweeping Mount Fuji views, these intimate, extravagant and picturesque resorts are just the spots to celebrate those once-in-a-lifetime moments.
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Japan’s first “dispersed” hotel encourages guests to stroll Kyoto
A night in a ryokan is already a singular experience, but a new, unconventional accommodation concept in Kyoto provides a stay that’s truly immersive.
Hotels & Resorts
8 Creative Hotels For Digital Nomads
With designer digs and creative spaces, a new crop of hotels is making it easier than ever to ditch the nine-to-five and embrace the digital nomad lifestyle.
Food & Drink
5 Unforgettable Dishes You Have to Try
Whether they’re served in a bar, a humble street restaurant or a Michelin-worthy gastronomic temple, some specialties are worth seeking out no matter where in the world they may be.
Hotels & Resorts
Hotel Chinzanso
The surrounding Chinzanso Garden has 20 varieties of sakura trees and a 1,000-year-old pagoda.
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Imperial Hotel Tokyo
For more than a century, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo has been a meeting place for the world’s glamorous and powerful.
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Hyatt Regency Tokyo
Located in the stylish Shinjuku neighborhood, Hyatt Regency Tokyo is a short walk from the serene Meiji Shrine, as well as the more earthly delights of the fashion-forward Shibuya area.